 For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders.The discovery of coal, in the eighteenth century, led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.Barabani CD Block is bounded by Nala CD Block, in Jamtara district of Jharkhand, on the north, Jamuria and Raniganj CD Blocks on the east, Asansol (municipal corporation) and after that Santuri CD Block, in Purulia district, and Saltora CD Block, in Bankura district, on the south and Salanpur CD Block on the west.